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xv Acknowledgments My four wonderful children have greatly contributed to this book and to my life by their unswerving allegiance to being themselves and loving me no matter how bad I got.No one could ask for more. My good old horseshoeing buddy, Gary Belvin, kept me on track with his down-to-earth, commonsense response to life. I’ll always be thankful for our friendship. Matt Bokovoy was enormously helpful in the initial editing . I thank him for all his support. And . . .I couldn’t have gotten anywhere without the suggestions , editing, and encouragement of Ron Chrisman from UNT. I’ve even forgiven him for scaring hell out of me. ...

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